Hopewell Furnace by junge1

Photography • Historical • posted on Jun 21, 2008

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These buildings are part of the Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site. The Hopewell Furnace was founded in 1771 by ironmaker Mark Bird and operated until 1883. It lies in a setting of forested hills and valleys along French Creek in Berks County near Elverson in southeastern Pennsylvania. It is an example of an early 19th century rural 'Iron Plantation', a forerunner of today's iron and steel giants. This picture was taken on 5 June 2006. Thank you for viewing and commenting on my recent uploads and a special 'Thank you' to those that may have added some of them to their favorites, Sig....

Comments (30)

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flora-crassella

1:06PM | Sat, 21 June 2008

...schöne Aufnahme - die "Hoffnung" stirbt zu letzt....

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tennesseecowgirl

1:14PM | Sat, 21 June 2008

I am watching a show on the travel channel right now called 1,000 places to see before you die, great show. I am thinking you have traveled to most of them, with what you have shared with us. Love seeing these, hope to get to visit many of them as well some day! :)

thevolunteer

1:15PM | Sat, 21 June 2008

I am amazed at how well kept this place is. Fantastic piece of history. Great information. Aloha

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annie5

1:20PM | Sat, 21 June 2008

Very interesting photo and info too! Thanks for sharing with us :)

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SapUS59

1:22PM | Sat, 21 June 2008

excellent capture of such a interesting place, PA is a beautiful state with lots to see, thanks for the info in it.

bebert

1:24PM | Sat, 21 June 2008

thanks for lesson :)) excellent shot !!

lil_t

1:36PM | Sat, 21 June 2008

Interesting place and excellent capture! Thank you for sharing! :)

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timtripp

1:40PM | Sat, 21 June 2008

thanks for the tour... wonderful image!

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durleybeachbum

1:57PM | Sat, 21 June 2008

Glad that it's preserved!

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billcody

2:06PM | Sat, 21 June 2008

A wonderful catch and the information is very helpful! Unbelievable that this should be the beginning of all our steel production of today.

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Janiss

2:14PM | Sat, 21 June 2008

Sublim building.. a gorgeous capture Sig!

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jeroni

2:15PM | Sat, 21 June 2008

fantastic capture my friend, excellent image

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emmecielle

2:37PM | Sat, 21 June 2008

Thanks for the interesting news! Photo is fantastic!!! :)

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debz

2:56PM | Sat, 21 June 2008

Fantastic capture! Looks an interesting place!

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cameraobscura2

3:09PM | Sat, 21 June 2008

Greetings Siegfried, The history of this country is so quickly forgotten and it is good to see that it is being preserved as a reminder of Americas past. Thank you for sharing. egmont

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dhanco

3:25PM | Sat, 21 June 2008

What an interesting history about the historic building. Wonderful capture, Sig and glad it is being preserved as well.

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kgb224

4:27PM | Sat, 21 June 2008

Excellent capture.

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rawdodb

9:00PM | Sat, 21 June 2008

Gorgeous Picture.. Beautiful area!!

MrsLubner

12:27AM | Sun, 22 June 2008

Such fine old architecture. Wonderful feel to this.

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phill456

2:36AM | Sun, 22 June 2008

Great Photo and very interesting portion of history.

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Meisiekind

4:14AM | Sun, 22 June 2008

Fascinating Sig! Thank you for sharing. :)

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tallpindo

5:05AM | Sun, 22 June 2008

It's not the seat of an armorer. It's not even the mill of a gunmaker. The plow is further West in Moline. Ornamental craft is in Charleston and New Orleans. The smokey glow feeds a need to understand Hell.

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